Weekly Tax Roundup

• Accounting Today, IRS Loses (A Little) on Taxation of Damages
• ataxingmatter, Religious Rights, Taxes, and Corporatism -- Whose Rights Are They?, by Linda Beale (Wayne State)
• Bloomberg, High-Income Earners Seek Strategies to Cut Year-End Bite
• Bloomberg, IRS Cracks Down on Breaks Tied to Richest Americans’ Land
• Bloomberg, World’s Richest Add $200 Billion as Global Markets Surge
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW Calls on IRS to Clarify Rules for 501(c)(6) Groups and Investigate Freedom Partners
• Citizens for Tax Justice, Twitter and Other Tech Firms Poised To Shelter $11 Billion in Profits Using Stock Option Tax Loophole
• Forbes, The Dirty Business Of Tax-Exempt Campaign Money Laundries, by Howard Gleckman
• Forbes, Dog The IRS Bounty Hunter? Private Tax Collectors Are Coming, by Robert W. Wood
• Forbes, Found Nazi Art Valued At $1B Is Worth How Much After Tax?, by Robert W. Wood
• Forbes, IRS Says Race Car Driver Juan Pablo Montoya Used Sham To Wrongly Deduct Millions, by Janet Novack
• Forbes, SPLC Calls Family Research Council Hate Group -- Should IRS Take Action?, by Peter J. Reilly
• National Journal, Watchdog: Koch-Backed Group Bending Tax Code
• National Review op-ed, You Can’t Tax the Rich: They’ll Flee the Country Before You Can, by Thomas Sowell
• New York Times DealBook, A Call for ‘Scrooge McDucks’ to Pinch Fewer Pennies
• New York Times DealBook, The Tax Motive in Endo Health’s Deal
• Politico, Tax Oddities Live on Amid Budget Impasse
• Tax Update Blog, Judge Shuts Down Instant Tax Service
• Tax Vox Blog, “Stateless Income” Versus “Statefully Taxless Income”, by Chris Sanchirico (Penn)
• USA Today, Tricks to Avoid a Scary Tax Bill Next Year
• Washington Times, Watchdog Group Seeks Action Against Koch Brothers’ Group
• WealthManagement.com, IRS Rules “No Problem” If IRA Trust Runs Out Of Beneficiaries